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early varieties are pretty garden flowers ; among these may be 

 mentioned Colvillei and its white variety, known as "The Bride," 

 so largely grown for cut flowers ; some few varieties of the names 

 section and of the later summer-blooming ramosus section, 

 followed by the fine hybrids of the Lemoinei and Nanceanus 

 sections, which, thanks to the exertions of Monsieur Lemoine, have 

 considerably prolonged the blooming season of gladioli, as they 

 fill up the gap between the ramosus and gandavensis sections ; 

 many of both sections exhibit remarkable combinations of colours, 

 and as they become more and more infused with the gandavensis 

 blood, to increase the number of flowers opening at the same 

 time, and to give a more erect habit of holding their flowers up, 

 instead of looking at the ground, which is the fault of many, I 

 believe we shall have at no distant date remarkable and new 

 colours, including all shades of blue, and giving flowers and spikes 

 equal in size to the fine gandavensis varieties, and, like the 

 latter, opening a considerable number of flowers at the same time 

 without loss of constitution. As many of the hybrids of 

 gandavensis are as yet unrivalled in vigour, size, and beauty of 

 flower and spikes, I do not fear loss of constitution by an infu- 

 sion of the good qualities of these into other sections, in order 

 to obtain a greater variety of novel colours. 



HARDY SUMMER FLOWERS. 



By Mr. E. Burrell. 



[Read October 13, 1896.] 



In dealing with this subject I do not propose to extend my 

 remarks to all the many flowers we are now able to utilise for 

 summer gardening, but rather to confine myself to the considera- 

 tion of a few families that have come very prominently to the 

 front within the last few years, and which make in their several 

 seasons so gratifying a display. And instead of treating of the 

 flower garden as a whole I purpose dealing with the garden and 

 beds in the immediate neighbourhood of the dwelling-house, 

 severely geometrical with box edgings and tiny gravel paths, or 

 informal on the turf, as the case may be. 



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